Push-ups from the ground can be super empowering! Especially as women, many of us have been conditioned to believe that we should be doing knee push-ups and that full push-ups are out of reach. It doesn’t have to be this way! Using simple drills and strategies, your first push-up is closer than you might think. Getting your first push-up is an amazing goal to strive for, and it may not… Read More »How to Get Your First Push-up!
For the last decade, calorie and macro counting have been the go-to weight loss strategy. Counting calories and getting more specific with macronutrient targets can be a really effective fat loss strategy and a great way to manage your nutrition for many other goals. This is because in order to lose weight, you need to be in a calorie deficit. That means you need to be burning more calories through… Read More »The Best Tools for Fat Loss without Calorie Counting
When I look back at my first few months or even my first couple of years at the gym, there are quite a few things I wish I could go back and tell myself. If you’re in the beginning stages of your fitness journey, avoiding these common pitfalls can save you time, energy, and even injury. Read on to avoid making the mistakes I did! No one is looking at… Read More »What You Need to Know About the Gym
Tracking calories or macros can be a great strategy for reaching your fitness goals. When eating at home, keeping track is relatively simple. Measuring cups and food scales make it relatively easy to keep track of portions. Apps like MyFitnessPal do the math for you. The biggest hiccup in tracking your food? Meals out. It’s difficult to know what ingredients are in your dish, how much oil was used to… Read More »Calorie Counting at Restaurants Made Easy
Picking a workout split can be challenging and confusing. There are seemingly endless options, and every trainer and trainee claims that their chosen training split is the “best.” It can be difficult to comb through all of that information and figure out what is truly best for YOU. And that’s the key: figuring out which split is truly best for you, your goals, and your lifestyle. No training split is… Read More »The Best Workout Split for You
Healthy eating doesn’t have to be wildly inconvenient. It doesn’t have to involve cooking a gourmet meal every night, spending hours chopping vegetables, or a full day Sunday meal prep. With a little planning and strategic choices, hitting your nutrition goals can be simpler than you think. Keep reading for six great tools for reaching your nutrition goals while still living your busy life. Buy Pre-Chopped & Pre-Cooked Options There… Read More »6 Ways to Make Healthy Eating Easy
Tracking macros for the first time can be overwhelming. This might be your first time using a food scale, downloading an app like MyFitnessPal, or thinking about how to structure a meal that will keep you on target. The good news is that the longer you stick with it, the easier tracking macros will get. There is a learning curve with tracking macros, so be patient with yourself! Below, I… Read More »Beginner’s Guide to Tracking Macros
Congratulations on taking the first step towards growing your glutes! Some of the most common questions I get from clients and followers are about glute growth. I absolutely love glute growth as a fitness goal! Growing the glutes takes the emphasis of your workouts and nutrition off of shrinking your body and onto growth. Growing the glutes also involves lifting heavy weights, which can feel super empowering! Now for the… Read More »How to Build Your Booty
We’ve all said it: “The diet starts on Monday.” “I’ll get back to the gym on Monday” “Monday will be my fresh start.” Then Monday comes along and nothing has changed. It’s an exhausting cycle to be in, and often results in unnecessary guilt and shame. But it’s a cycle that you have the power to break! You really can get started on Monday. The key is to start the… Read More »How to Actually Get Back to the Gym on Monday
It has been a very weird year for fitness. (And everything else!) Many gyms closed and reopened multiple times. We saw at home equipment go completely out of stock. Most of us have lost motivation largely due to our homes becoming the place where we work, eat, sleep, socialize, and exercise. If you have consistently stuck to your fitness routine for the last 365 days, you are in the minority.… Read More »How to Ease Back into Your Fitness Routine